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SLIGO 456 SLOVAKS SLIGO, a maritime county of Ireland. It is in Connaught and has an area of 707 square miles. The coast has numer- ous inlets and a splendid bay. Near the border is situated Roth Crauachan, cele- brated as the court of Queen Maeve, the great opponent of Cuchulain, and with the site of a famous mediaeval school in the vicinity. Cattle raising, fisheries, and agriculture are the chief industries. Pop. about 75,000. SLOAN, JOHN, an American painter, born at Lock Haven, Pa., in 1871. He was educated at the Philadelphia Central High School and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was espe- JOHN SLOAN cially well known for his paintings and etchings of city life subjects, as well as for his drawings published in many of the most prominent magazines. He re- ceived a medal for etchings at the Pan- ama-Pacific Exposition. He was an in- structor at the Art Student's League and a director of the Society of Independent Artists. SLOANE, WILLIAM MILLIGAN, an American historian; born in Richmond, O., Nov. 12, 1850; was graduated at Col- umbia in 1868; studied in Berlin and Leipsic (1872-1876), and during part of that time was private secretary of George Bancroft, then minister at Berlin. He was for several years a professor at Princeton, later Professor of History at Columbia. He published: "The French War and the Revolution," "Life of James McCosh," in 1897 brought out a very im- portant "Life of Napoleon," in four vol- umes. His later works include: "The French Revolution and Religious Reform" (1901); "The Balkans" (1914); "Party Government in America" (1915). - SLOCTTM, HENRY WARNER, an American military officer; born in Delphi, Onondaga co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1827. He was graduated at the United States Mili- tary Academy in 1852; resigned his com- mission in 1856; studied law, and prac- ticed in Syracuse, N. Y. He was elected a member of the State Legislature in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was commissioned a colonel of volunteers in the Union army. He was at the first battle of Bull Run, commanding a regi- ment, July 21, 1861 ; was promoted Brig- adier-General in the autumn of 1861, and commanded a division in the battles of Gaines's Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill. In 1862 he was promoted Major-General; participated in the battles of Bull Run, Aug. 29 and 30; commanded a corps at the battle of Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863, was placed in command of a corps on the left wing of General Sherman's army ; and took part in the great "March to the Sea," leading the left wing of the army from Atlanta to _ Savannah. In September, 1865, he resigned from the army; settled in Brooklyn; and resumed the practice of law. He was elected to Congress in 1869 and served till 1873. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1894. SLOSSON, EDWIN EMERY, an American editor and writer, born at Al- bany, Kan., in 1865. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1890, t and took post-graduate studies at the Univer- sity of Chicago. He was for several years professor of chemistry at the University of Wyoming. In 1903 he became literary manager of the "Independent," and from 1912 was an associate professor at the Columbia School of Journalism. He wrote "Great American Universities" (1910); "Major Prophets of To-Day" (1914) ; "Creative Chemistry" (1919) ; "The American Spirit in Education" (1919). SLOVAKS, the name of the Slavic inhabitants of North Hungary who in the 9th century formed the nucleus of the great Moravian kingdom, but who, after the bloody battle of Presburg (a. d. 907), were gradually subjugated by the Mag- yars. There are scattered settlements of Slovaks in Austria and Slavonia. They number about 2,500,000. The Slovaks,